Hi all, thanks for the meeting summary. I enjoy this new board transparency :) I'd like to point out, that "AI" is not an abbreviation that is super obvious, at least I did not know what it stood for when I first read it (it stands for "Action Item" in case someone who reads along does not know ;)) I've also left some comments down below. On Tue, 2018-08-14 at 16:43 +0200, Richard Brown wrote:
# Board Meeting Minutes Jul 31 2018 ## Membership
AI Richard to update Membership pages on wiki
Do you have any ETA on this? I think it should be clear for newcomers how to become a member - the current (outdated) information might deter new users from registering.
## Sponsoring Football Club
Board had a request to sponsor a local kids football team in Bavaria. The Board discussed the idea We typically only sponsor conferences when there are openSUSE contributors present to represent the Project and discuss with interested parties In this case even though this is not a conference, there will be openSUSE Contributors present, so even though it isn't a conference And the team has parents and supporters from local technical companies in the area (eg. Siemens) The Board decided to sponsor the team with a 5-1 vote As it is unusual for us to sponsor such things, the Board decided to consider such things only on a case by case basis, at the Board level
AI Ana to talk to Doug about updating the sponsorship page
I have to say I don't really see a good reason to sponsor a football team. I doubt we will find users let alone contributors among the players or their parents. I think this money could be spent on groups or clubs that are closer related to our project instead. I also don't understand why "local" matters here. I thought openSUSE was an "open and global community project" (quote from https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Members) - where does "local" fit in a global community? Anyway, I am looking forward to the next meeting minutes :) Best, Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org